Background
Untermann, Jürgen was born on October 24, 1928 in Rheinfelden, Baden, Federal Republic Germany.
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Jürgen Untermann
Edit Profilearchaeologist linguist university professor
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1954. Habilitation, University Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1959. DHC (honorary), Salamanca, 1993.
DHC (honorary), Santiago Compostela, 2003.
Career
He became a professor of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Cologne. His research focused on the study of the Italic and Palaeohispanic languages, described as "Trümmersprachen" (ruins-languages). He is considered the foremost expert on Palaeohispanic languages (specially the Iberian language), publishing the corpus of Palaeohispanic inscriptions in Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum, and systematizing the study of the ancient Iberian names of human beings or anthroponomastics.
Achievements
Membership
Member Deutsches Archaologisches Institute, Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institute di Studi Etruschi, Firenze, Real Academia Historia, Madrid.
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Nationality
Germany -
Ethnicity
Education
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1954
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1959
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1993
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2003
Career
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1953 - 1958
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1965
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1971 - 1972